Sections offered SPRING 2024: #31465 MICHAEL RUSHTON MW 4:45-6:00 pm HU 111 HON-H 212 prerequisite: completion of the English composition requirement Class subtitle: Liberalism and Conservatism; Art, Society, and the State This course is about various streams of social and political thought from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, along with changes in painting, poetry,… Read more »
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HON-H 212 Ideas & Experience II
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #30765 JOEL WONG MW 3:00-4:20pm BH 240 HON-H 212 prerequisite: completion of the English composition requirement Class subtitle: Living the Grateful Life What does it mean to be grateful? And how can we live more grateful lives? Many people believe in the benefits of gratitude yet struggle with being grateful. This… Read more »
HON-H 212 Ideas & Experience II
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #30761 BRIDGER EHLI TuTh 11:30am-12:45pm BH 315 HON-H 212 prerequisite: completion of the English composition requirement Class subtitle: Skepticism and Belief Skepticism is usually understood as the position according to which most or all of our beliefs fall short of knowledge. This view of our epistemic condition has played a highly… Read more »
HON-H 211 Ideas & Experience I
Sections offered SPRING 2024: 9907 ROBERT TERRILL MW 11:30am-12:45pm HU 111 HON-H 211 prerequisite: completion of the English composition requirement “Rhetoric & Democracy: Taking Appearances Seriously” We often assume that the most effective communication is clear, direct, and unambiguous. This is particularly true for the communication that happens in public, and therefore helps us to… Read more »
HON-H 211 Ideas & Experience I
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #5575 RICHARD CECIL MW 3:00-4:15 p.m. HU 111 HON-H 211 prerequisite: completion of the English composition requirement Topic: KINGSHIP: ANARCHY VS. TYRANNY In this course we will read ten great imaginative explorations of the central problem of government—to achieve the correct balance between individual freedom and governmental authority. Beginning with GILGAMESH,… Read more »
HON-H 211 Ideas & Experience I
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #3877 RICHARD CECIL MW 1:15-2:30 p.m. HU 108 HON-H 211 prerequisite: completion of the English composition requirement Topic: KINGSHIP: ANARCHY VS. TYRANNY In this course we will read ten great imaginative explorations of the central problem of government—to achieve the correct balance between individual freedom and governmental authority. Beginning with GILGAMESH,… Read more »
HON-H 211 Ideas & Experience I
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #30601 SARAH VAN DER LAAN TuTh 3:00-4:15pm HU 111 HON-H 211 prerequisite: completion of the English composition requirement How do stories shape our lives, our worlds, our relationships? How much power do we give the narratives that other people, or society at large, create for us? How do we take control… Read more »